Getting Your Yard Ready Before Wildfire Season in Hemet
Hemet sits in a high fire hazard severity zone. Getting your yard cleared before summer is not just good practice — in many areas it is a legal requirement under CAL FIRE defensible space rules. Here is what that actually means for Hemet homeowners and what to do with the debris once it is cut.
What Defensible Space Means for Hemet Residents
CAL FIRE requires homes in State Responsibility Areas to maintain at least 100 feet of defensible space — the cleared area around a structure that slows a wildfire’s approach and gives firefighters a safer position. Zone 1 (0 to 30 feet) requires keeping vegetation well-irrigated, trimmed, and separated. Zone 2 (30 to 100 feet) requires reducing fuel by spacing plants and removing dead material.
The Problem: Where Does the Debris Go?
Cutting back brush and dead vegetation generates a lot of material. Leaving it piled in the yard defeats the purpose — a pile of dry brush is exactly the kind of fuel that gets a fire going. Your options for dealing with it include your green waste bin (which has size limits), CR&R’s bulky item pickup (two free per year, limited to about 3 cubic yards), self-hauling to Lamb Canyon Landfill in Beaumont, or hiring a crew to haul it away.
When to Call a Hauler
If you have cleared more than fits in a few green waste bins, or you need the debris off the property quickly before a CAL FIRE inspection, calling a junk removal crew is usually faster than waiting for a scheduled bulky pickup. We can often pick up yard waste the same day or the next day in most Hemet neighborhoods.
Get Your Yard Cleared Before Summer
Call or text (951) 555-7777. We haul yard waste and brush across all Hemet zip codes — 92543, 92544, 92545, and 92546 — as well as San Jacinto and Winchester.
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